ARTIST’S STATEMENT to accompany www.danielpowersphoto.com.
Most of my current work incorporates the 4th Dimension - time - as a central element. You may ask, “How do you take a photograph of time?” Enter long exposures. Mystic Waters. Skies in Motion. Most photographs are two-dimensional pictures of a three-dimensional space. But when a photograph is taken with exposures as long as fifteen minutes, time becomes a part of the image. Suddenly, the three-dimensional space is moving through time, leaving a trail of its former presence on the photographic canvas. Previously, photography was heralded for its capacity to render a moment in time…The Perfect Moment. My photography reveals not only what is there, but what was. Only film photography, or its modern digital equivalent, can capture this so precisely. I use time to create either dynamic motion, such as in Mobius II - with explosive energy, or sublime, mystical qualities as seen in Into The Mystic.
I create limited-edition, fine art photographs. Commission assignments are considered. I am looking forward to publishing my first book. For more info on the Mystic Waters and Skies in Motion series, see the blog pages dedicated to each.
Visit my website (www.danielpowersphoto.com). I hope that you feel something you cannot immediately describe with words. Even better…buy a print. Own a treasure.
